For critics, as they are birds of prey, have ever a natural inclination to carrion.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice - A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.

While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.

See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.

Follow your inner moonlight

You're exactly as big as I let you be.

Dinner at the Huntercombes' possessed only two dramatic features - the wine was a farce and the food a tragedy.

We're not sure that if there's chemical weapon used and who used it. We can't talk about virtual things, we have to talk about facts.

I don't wase time thinking, 'Am I doing it right?' I say, 'Am I doing it?'

Did you know I have always suspected that men were idiots," Daphne ground out, "but I was never positive until today.

Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of humor. So he was accessible.

If anyone did any harm to my children, I don't know what I would do.

The language must be careful and must appear effortless. It must not sweat. It must suggest and be provocative at the same time.

Hey man, can you talk to dolphins and pilot whales with that huge forehead of yours?